Syrup-pitcher.



A. L BOYLES. SYRUP PITCHER," APPLICATION FILED (ICT- 25, IBIS-f Patented. 001;. 2, 1917.

ANDREW J, BOYLES, or JAoKson, MISSISSIPPI.

SYRUP-PITCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

' Application fi led October 25,1916. Serial no. 127,671.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ANDREW J BoYLEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Hinds and'State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Syrup-Pitchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in syrup pitchers, and has for its principal object to provide a device that may be quickly and easily applied to a container sothat the syrup may be dispensed therefrom without the contents spilling or dripping down the sides of the container as is usually the experience with the devices now in use.

A further object of this invention is to provide a body or receptacle upon which is placed a screw threaded cap having a pair of double closures which permit the contents of the receptacle to be dispensed from either side thereof.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a novel form of cap provided with a pair of closures which are provided with operating fingers to permit the same to be readily opened so that the contents of the receptacle may be dispensed therefrom.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a pair of closures for the cap and the same being spring operated so that they will be automatically closed upon the releasing of the spring.

Still another object of this invention is ,to provide a device which will be simple,

practical, and comparatively inexpensive in construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a small cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claim hereto appended.

"Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved syrup pitcher and made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the cap.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the cap.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cap with the closures omitted.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the jar, receptacle or the like which is of the usual construction and is provided at diametrically opposite points with handles 2. The jar 1 has a constrictedneck portion 3 which is provided with exterior screw threads I, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described. Screw threadedly mounted upon the constricted neck portion 3 of the jar 1 is the cap 5 which comprises a circular body portion 6 having its wall inclined inwardly near the upper edge thereof as at 7 and at diametrically opposite points to provide spouts 8. The upper edges of the wall inclining upwardly from their medial portions to provide the spouts 8 sothat the same when screwed upon the body 1 will permit the contents of the body to be readily and quickly dispensed therefrom.

A pair of substantially V-shaped closure plates 9 are hingedly connected together and are positioned upon the cap 5. The

enlarged opposing ends of the caps or 010 sures are provided with hinged barrels 10 through which is adapted to extend a pin 11 around which is coiled a spring 12, the opposite ends of the coiled spring are inserted under struck up straps 13 which arestruck up from'the upper surfaces of the caps 9 and the ends of the springs are fixed thereunder so that the closures will be forced downwardly into engagement with the upper edges of the member 6. The closures 9 are provided at diametrically opposite points on their largest ends with outwardly extending fingers 14 which permit the closure caps 9 to be readily raised so that the syrup or contents of the jar 1 may be readily dispensed therefrom.

In operation the jar 1 is filled by unscrewing the cap 5 entirely from the jar 1 and by grasping the fingers 14 and raising the closure caps 9 on either side of the cap ,6, the contents of the jar may be dispensed through the spout portions 8 and by removing the pressure from the fingers 14: the

a constricted neck portion provided With threads, a cap formed of suitable metal hav ing a circular body portion provided adjacent one end With interior screwthreads removably fitted upon the threads of the constricted portion of the body, the upper edge a,

of said body inclining upwardly from the medial portion toward the opposite sides thereof at diametrically opposite points to provide a pair of diametrically opposed pouring spouts, a pair of spring actuated closures hin'gedly secured to the medial portion of the cap haying their forward endsconstricted for closing the spouts, means extending from the inner edges of each of the closure caps facilitating the raising of the same to permit the contents of the body to be poured from either of the spouts, and said spring of the closures holding the same normally in closed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW J. BOYLES. lVitnesses T. M. AINSWORTH, I. SELLS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of vPatents, Washington, D, G. 

